‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant reveals Pat Sajak’s off-camera reaction after viral NSFW answer

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shocking NSFW answer on the show. On the May 23 episode of the game show, Williams incorrectly guessed “right up the butt” while trying to solve a phrase puzzle, leading to wild reactions from the other contestants, host Pat Sajak — and the internet.But when he appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday, Williams was in good spirits about his viral snafu. “Pat was the best — he made me feel so great about that at the break,” Williams explained of Sajak, 77.“He said, ‘You know, we’ll find a tactful way of editing it.

I don’t know how, but we’ll do it.’ “Despite Sajak’s promise, the incident aired as it played out when the episode was filmed at the beginning of April.

Williams, who was dared by his children to apply for the show, told Jimmy Kimmel that he warned his wife about what she’d witness on television.“I told my wife immediately after: ‘I will keep everything a secret except this — this you have to know about.

They said they might edit it, but I don’t know what it’s going to look like,’ ” he explained. “And then it was out of sight, out of mind until the world reminded me of what I said,” Williams added.Kimmel, 56, then asked Williams if he’s ever said that NSFW phrase before in his life.“I have never used those words in sequential order a day in my life, Jimmy,” Williams said.To continue poking fun at the situation, Kimmel decided to challenge Williams with another puzzle.